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Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance
Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance
Women in Afghanistan
Guide Rating -  
Pros  •  Interviews with numerous key people, male and female
•  Helps show the desperate situation women face faced
•  Provides both personal and academic perspectives
Cons  •  None
The Bottom Line - Benard's book isn't simply a history of RAWA, but also of the people who are part of it. Hopefully, this book will spread word of their efforts further and encourage wider support - they could certainly use it.
 
Product Description
•  Explains history of women's movement in Afghanistan
•  Shows how women have been fighting for equal rights for years
•  Demonstrates why women must play an important role in Afghanistan's future
 
 
Guide Review

Women in Afghanistan
Now that Afghanistan has been "liberated" from fundamentalism, what will the future be like for the women of that nation? Their fate will depend to a great degree on whether or not Afghanistan really has been liberated from fundamentalism - in other words, what voice will be given to women and what role they will play in politics and society.

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